Four days off! Thank you very much. The landscape is certainly perfect for the season and the temperature likewise, so I went for a walk and explored a forest road I’ve never taken before. The road is a dead end so I haven’t bothered to go there before, but according to the map there’s a trail from the end of the road to the skiing tracks so I figured I could walk a full circle instead of there and back again. Of course, such small roads are not ploughed so I had to wade in the snow, but it’s hardly knee deep yet so no worries. Until it started going uphill. And then when it levelled, the road ended and the old trail took on through the forest and I was sinking deeper. Holy cow! I tell you, the last km home was slow going. I tried to will my feet to move faster but it was no use, I walked at a snail’s pace. I reckon this qualifies as a work-out so I’ve earned those chocolates I have waiting for me!

But it was all worth it, and I don’t mean just for the chocolates. The road gets close to the Kvarnån brook for a moment and quite unexpectedly, I found some trail markings that continued to follow the brook. I haven’t seen this trail on any map, which is a bit odd because I have some old maps which show trails that are almost completely overgrown now. Will have to inspect the trail closer in the summer, maybe there are some photogenic spots further downstream…